Business Writing Workshops

In today’s streamlined office, most employees create their own
correspondence, reports and internal documents. The image of the writer
and the organization is enhanced if these documents reflect contemporary
writing standards and establish a professional and positive tone. For
more information on the business writing workshops offered at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
campus (Regina), please call 306-775-7481 or Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus (Saskatoon)
at 306-659-4038.

Advanced Writing for Business Professionals: Revising and Editing is a oneday advanced writing workshop directed at those who want to refresh and polish their writing skills. This course will deal with the final phase of the writing process: revising, editing and proofreading. Learn tips to revise the content and organization of a piece of business writing. You will edit paragraphs and sentences for faulty grammatical structure and errors in punctuation and spelling. You will also review proofreading strategies and the citation and documentation of sources. Editing and revising skills will improve through completing practical exercises and by receiving feedback from the instructor and peers. This course is offered in CP (Canadian Press) style; however, citation and documentation of sources follow APA (American Psychological Association) style.

This workshop is available in a simultaneous web-environment (live on your computer) providing that you have a webcam with a microphone,
high-speed internet connection, and a printer. Call 306-775-7481 if you are interested in finding out more about this option or this workshop.

Examine report writing basics: the purpose, audience, format and style. Practice strategies for the three stages of the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising and editing) to help compose clear and concise audit reports. Learn how to summarize and write concisely using parallel construction and proper grammar and punctuation. An audit report template will help you to prepare an audit report for instructor feedback. Available via the web, call 306-775-7481.

Business Report Writing is an interactive workshop concentrating on creating professional formal and informal business reports. You will work through the writing process for report writing using CP (Canadian Press) writing style. The writing process includes prewriting (researching and documenting); writing (gathering data, choosing strategies to organize information and creating a first draft); and post writing (revising, editing and proofreading). Practical exercises and instructor and peer feedback will help you to improve your writing skills to assist you to write clear, concise and accurate business reports. You will also prepare and submit a minimum of one report for instructor feedback.

This workshop is available in a simultaneous web-environment (live on your computer) providing that you have a webcam with a microphone,
high-speed internet connection, and a printer. Call 306-775-7481 if you are interested in finding out more about this option or this workshop.

Business communication should be grammatically correct, clear, concise and easy to understand. Learn and practice skills to enable you to write effective sentences. Examine the roles of the various parts of speech and learn how each functions in a sentence. Consider word choice to eliminate wordiness. Understand that punctuation is an aid to meaning and learn how to correct common punctuation errors. Call 306-775-7481 for more information.

This workshop is available in a simultaneous web-environment (live on your computer) providing that you have a webcam with a microphone,
high-speed internet connection, and a printer. Call 306-775-7481 if you are interested in finding out more about this option or this workshop.

Do you have to take minutes at your next meeting? Attend this workshop
and learn what to include in minutes for formal and informal meetings.
Learn how to record motions and how to prepare an executive summary for lengthy minutes. Practical exercises allow you to prepare a meeting agenda and create sample minutes.

This workshop is available in a simultaneous web-environment (live on your computer) providing that you have a webcam with a microphone,
high-speed internet connection, and a printer. Call 306-775-7481 if you are interested in finding out more about this option or this workshop.

Learn the role of social networks in business. You cannot afford to close
your eyes to the likes of Facebook and LinkedIn, video sites like YouTube,
mini blog engines like Twitter – they’ve all emerged in the last three years,
and all are nourished by and explosion of users. Learn how you can connect with others in your field for professional development, connect and communicate with your current and potential customers/clients.
Participants should have at least basic knowledge of using computers and
comfort with using the Internet.

Have you ever wondered why you can find mistakes in someone else’s
writing but miss the mistakes in your own? This workshop discusses both
standard and editorial proofreading techniques that include editing and
proofreading strategies and tools. Practical exercises will allow you to
improve your proofreading skills so that you can create error-free documents.

This workshop is available in a simultaneous web-environment (live on your computer) providing that you have a webcam with a microphone,
high-speed internet connection, and a printer. Call 306-775-7481 if you are interested in finding out more about this option or this workshop.

This workshop will focus on writing, proofreading, editing and formatting
business emails and letters using the Canadian Press Stylebook as the
writing guide. You will learn how to prepare clear and professional
Business Emails and Letters using plain language principles with a focus
on sentence structure, verb tenses, fixing common grammatical and
punctuation errors, and proofreading. Writing skills will improve through
practical exercises and by receiving feedback from the instructor and peers.

This workshop is available in a simultaneous web-environment (live on your computer) providing that you have a webcam with a microphone,
high-speed internet connection, and a printer. Call 306-775-7481 if you are interested in finding out more about this option or this workshop.

The Writing for Business Professionals workshop focuses on the
preparation and format of the common types of business correspondence:
letters, email, memos and simple reports. You will interact with peers and
the instructor to learn about the phases of the writing process and the
importance of plain language and clear and concise communication. Learn
how to recognize and correct common grammatical and punctuation errors.
Writing skills will improve through participating in practical exercises and
by receiving feedback from the instructor and peers. You will also prepare
and submit at least one piece of writing for instructor feedback. This
workshop is offered in CP (Canadian Press) style, which is becoming the
accepted writing standard for Saskatchewan businesses.

This workshop is available in a simultaneous web-environment (live on your computer) providing that you have a webcam with a microphone,
high-speed internet connection, and a printer. Call 306-775-7481 if you are interested in finding out more about this option or this workshop.

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